For a while, Sun Yuan didn't understand the meaning of the military order passed by this group of cavalry just now, but the peasant army on the street let out a burst of cheers at the same time. The procession, which had been in good shape just a moment ago, suddenly dispersed, and went like a pool of mercury into the alleys and houses beside it.

Even Liu Zongmin and the others in the room shouted at the same time: "Bring strength, bring strength, Brother Liu, let's go to grow hair quickly, if we go late, the rich woman will be robbed." We were the first to enter the city, but in the end we didn't catch anything, wouldn't it be a loss to grandma's house? ”

At this time, the word "slaughtering the city" hit his heart like a cold current, and Sun Yuan's body trembled, "Take your own military supplies" and "Seal the knife when the sun sets tomorrow", isn't that a massacre and a big robbery?

Fengyang, the central capital, the military, political, and economic center of Huaibei, a big city with more than 200,000 people, will be destroyed in this war from today?

Liu Zongmin sneered disdainfully: "You haven't understood the situation last night, the dignitaries and rich families in this city have all fled from the city, let's go and rob now, how much can we rob, all night, aren't you tired?" ”

Sun Yuan hurriedly answered: "General Liu is right, no matter how much wealth there is in this city, but so many brothers divide it, comb it like a grate, how much oil and water can we have, how can we compare to the mountains of materials in the warehouse of the household department?" Rather than struggling in the city, we might as well keep the warehouse guarded. The thirteen families and seventy-two road rebels are uneven, it is difficult to guarantee that no one covets our harvest last night, if it is occupied, we will be busy in vain? ”

The matter of conformity still has to fall on the household department, and if you don't get it, you won't be able to leave this burning city. Besides, he couldn't bear to slaughter the city with Liu Zongmin and the others, and watched the boundless killing being staged alive in front of him.

Liu Zongmin nodded: "You're right, you're right, the matter is settled, we have to help King Chuang and General Chuang guard the warehouse." ”

After speaking, he lifted Sun Yuan's wine jug and poured it out, then slammed it on the table, turned his head and smiled at the tavern owner: "The wine is good." ”

The wine boss was already paralyzed to the ground in fright, and he couldn't stop kowtowing: "The general spares his life, the general spares his life." ”

"I won't kill you, what are you afraid of? Boss, you can rest assured, your wine and food are very good, and I like it. Hey, from Henan to now, I finally ate a useful meal. Liu Zongmin smiled gently, helped him up from the ground, and then threw a piece of silver over: "Tired." ”

"Thank you, General, thank you, General." The boss was full of gratitude, and tears fell from his eyes.

was about to go out, suddenly, two people with Xueliang knives rushed in with red eyes, and when they saw Liu Zongmin and others, they hurriedly stopped and said with a smile: "It turns out that General Liu is here, and the small one will grow in another place." ”

Liu Zongmin: "Don't, General Ben is just here to have some wine, and there are other important military affairs to do, you can do whatever you want." Then he waved his hand to his subordinates: "Brothers, let's go." ”

The two soldiers were overjoyed: "Thank you, Brother Liu." Then he took a step forward and slashed down, slashing off the tavernkeeper's head.

"Ahh Sun Yuan stood beside the man, caught off guard, splashed with hot blood, and couldn't help but shout: "General Liu, didn't you promise not to kill him just now?" ”

Liu Zongmin laughed and glanced back at Sun Yuan: "That's right, I promised not to kill him, but I didn't promise to keep him safe." The other brothers want to be happy, but I have ruined the interest of my family. Besides, I just ate his wine and food, didn't I give him money? ”

Liu Zongmin's subordinates also laughed at the same time: "Big brother is benevolent! ”

"You ......" Sun Yuan pursed his lips tightly, feeling cold to the bone marrow.

Killing people is nothing to him, and yesterday he killed the three of them with his own hands. But that's because these three thieves want to kill him first, and in order to protect themselves, they can only strike first. But this naked massacre in front of them was against the unarmed civilians, and the peasant army was just to rob some property, or simply to enjoy the pleasure of the killing.

According to what Liu Zongmin and others said when they were eating and drinking just now, when Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng's army first entered Henan, there were more than 30,000 people, and after several battles, the number of troops was reduced to 5,000. Later, after the Xingyang Conference, after the peasant armies from all walks of life joined forces, they won several battles and recovered to 10,000.

In this way, at least seventy percent of the old people in Gao and Li Dajun died on the battlefield when they first came out of Shaanxi.

I have to say that the war in Henan was really cruel, with repeated defeats, and it was a difficult long-distance transfer, and there were many complaints among the soldiers. In order to improve morale, the leader of the peasant army allowed the soldiers to be burned in the city.

Perhaps, for them, killing is already a kind of nervous relaxation, right?

On the streets, there were constantly ragged peasant soldiers running and shouting with sticky weapons, and the fire in Fengyang City was everywhere, and the cries of women, children, old and young were everywhere.

The walking dead followed Liu Zongmin and the others towards the Fengyang official office of the household department, and Sun Yuan was completely numb. Along the way, Liu Zongmin also met many acquaintances, Tian Jianxiu, Li Guo, and Liu Fangliang...... These are the main generals under Li Zicheng in the future. Changing to Sun Yuan a day ago, as a history enthusiast, I don't know how excited I would be when I saw so many historical celebrities at once.

But at this moment, he just wanted to go to the official office of the household department as soon as possible and find the seal of the household department as soon as possible, and he didn't want to see the blood and fire in this city.

At the base of the city wall in front of them, a group of civilians were forcibly stripped naked by a group of peasant troops, and they were pinched by their hands like cattle. When you come across a muscular strong man, you pick it out and stand aside. When it comes to the old and weak, it is a knife that cuts it down and then kicks it into the ditch.

An old man had his right arm cut off with a knife, and it was strange to say that he didn't shed much blood. He was not dead for a while, and he kept rolling on the ground and screaming loudly.

The soldier didn't seem to have any strength, so he kicked him directly into the ditch next to him. Then, he went to cut another person.

In a few moments, the old man who was not dead was crushed by the corpses, and the screams gradually weakened.

The snowflakes were still floating in the air, but the frozen ditches were melted by the hot blood, and the red and bright blood flowed slowly, and the mutilated bodies floated in the water.

Sun Yuan's eyes suddenly became sour, and he couldn't help but whisper: "And the world is a furnace, and creation is work; Yin and yang are charcoal, and all things are copper. ”

Liu Zongmin stared at Sun Yuan with strange eyes and sneered: "What are you talking about?" ”

Sun Yuan muttered: "All things in this world are like being tempered in a big furnace. Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are suffering. ”

Liu Zongmin laughed: "Your analogy is also appropriate, when Lao Liu and I were suffering in Shaanxi facing the loess with my back to the sky, didn't it look like being put in the furnace to boil?" However, Lao Liu, I have turned over now, and this day naturally has to be happy to be worthy of those days. You Xiucai seems to have much more ability than the sour-haired Xiucai under Gao Jie, at least that plague Xiucai can't say something that people can't understand like you. ”

Sun Yuan didn't speak, only turned his head, and didn't want to see this massacre anymore.

Heaven and earth are furnaces, all things are copper, and troubled times have come.

No, I, Sun Yuan, don't be the ingredients in this furnace that can be fried and fried, if you want to do it, you can be the hand of the alchemy.